Da Nang airs classic drama on Sunday
Da Nang’s Nguyen Hien Dinh Theatre will hold its first outdoor night performance of tuong (classic drama) on Sunday. — Photo baodanang.vn
DA NANG (VNS) — Da Nang’s Nguyen Hien Dinh Theatre will hold its first outdoor night performance of tuong (classic drama) on Sunday.
Artists from the theatre will tell tourists how to make up for a tuong character.
Visitors will also be invited to try on a costume and take photos.
Last month, Tuong Xu Quang (Quang Nam’s classic drama) was recognised as part of the National Intangible Heritage.
The city has a collection of 204 classical tuong scripts, written in Han (Chinese) and Vietnamese ideographic characters (Nom), and published between 1802-45. — VNS